---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau county"
description: "Establishes a death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau county entitling the sheriff's beneficiaries to receive in a lump sum an amount payable which shall equal the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of his or her death."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 3759"
citation: "New York S 3759 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAPLAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-30"
last_action: "2021-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/017f0dce-2770-4695-9dbf-0ea004b65374"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S3759"
source_hash: "89e5466cbad6ed030a8f99d848463eaa5adf15a048e29a1d4b335ce64fc6ecf4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 3759 (2021-2022) — Establishes a death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau county

Establishes a death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau county entitling the sheriff's beneficiaries to receive in a lump sum an amount payable which shall equal the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of his or her death.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S3759** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3759&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAPLAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-30** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1534
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6511
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.667
- **2021-06-09** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-29** SIGNED CHAP.529 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/017f0dce-2770-4695-9dbf-0ea004b65374`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).